for you on this sunday night, not only was he one of the nba s greatest players he was a civil rights i con. she changed television for millions of americans on star trek. nichelle nichols passed away at the age of 89. also, body cam in the arrest of a georgia mother just before she dies. hear from the family is now saying. you are in the cnn newsroom. tonight the loss of a legend. bill russell has died at the age of 88. the nba hall of famer passed away today. the announcement did not give the cause of death. this from nba commissioner adam silver who called russell the great oeast champion in all of team sports. former president obama writes perhaps more than anyone else bill knew what it took to win and lead. on the court he was the greatest champion in basketball history. he was a civil rights trail blazer. after his playing career russell stayed connected to the nba attending major events and continued to be a voice in the fight for civil rights. andy shoals looks ba
attack on the capitol. but more than three hours went by before donald trump said much of anything. next week s hearing, the eighth one of the series, building upon evidence showing how trump tried to use the power of his government to overturn joe biden s victory. we re going to walk down to the capitol. he called on his supporters to come to washington on january 6th. so why did you decide to march to the capitol? basically, the president got everybody riled up, told everybody to head on down. so we basically just followed what he said. tuesday s hearing, vice chair liz cheney revealing that trump tried to call a potential witness. something the committee relaid to the department of justice. let me say one more time, we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. but today, chairman bennie thompson telling cnn that the committee does not plan to depose this potential witness. it doesn t know why trump made the call. you have intervi
texas state senator and get his reaction. it s sunday, july 10th. thank you for waking up with us. president biden is defending his decision to visit saudi arabia when he travels to the middle east this week against criticism and controversy surrounding that trip. the president will meet with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman but, remember, as a candidate for president biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah. now, as president, he says his visit to the country is critical to u.s. security. in his op-ed in the washington post the president also touched on saudi arabia s role in dealing with a spike in energy prices. he writes, quote, today saudi arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of gulf cooperation council, has fully supported the truce in yemen and is working with my experts to help stabilize markets with other opec producers. the president s trip has come under criticism because of saudi arabia s role in the killing of journalist jamal k
that and more on the rise in violent crime many in several major cities. and ongoing concerns about the security of supreme court justices after an activist group offers money to anyone who reports the locations of the six conservative members of the nation s highest court. more on these stories lout the hour. but first, to president biden defending his upcoming visit to saudi arabia in a new op-ed ahead of his trip to that nation and others in the middle east this week. kevin corke live at the white house with that. reporter: jon, good afternoon. frankly, no two ways about it, the president s upcoming trip to the saudi kingdom comes with fairly heavy risk on both the domestic and international fronts. from the international perspective, he ll to obviously tie to smooth other hard feel feelings with the saudis, all while maybe encouraging them to open the spigot when it comes to oil production. but there s heavy cost and heavy risk here domestically because the president is
crossing the southern border and record numbers despite the summer heat. hello everyone welcome to brand-new our fox news live . i am eric sean. hi anita. hi anita i m in for arthel neville but were also falling to other big stories at this hour pre-present biden says following gas prices surprisingly strong june jobs report shows his economic policies are working. despite inflation still outpacing wages and his poll numbers tanking. plus elon musk pulling the plug on his twitter buyout bid and twitter saying see you in courtship. we have fox news team coverage on all of this. christina coleman is standing by on the twitter saga and chatted program is at the white house. but first to bill melugin live at the border and eagle pass texas where he has been for the past couple of days, builder. and nina good afternoon. it has been nearly ten months in the white house, that media, politicians, all falsely click horseback border patrol of whipping patient migrants in del rio l